You're awesome man. I wish we were neighbors. Thank you for posting your tutorials. Also I dig your sense of humor. Keep doing what you do! You've helped me immensely!!!
My favourite parts of your videos are all the technical terminologies you teach us. Smush being one sterling example. I know this was done forever ago but, please keep up the amazing work. You're a Gem
I make new videos every summer. During the main school year I don't get much time to craft since I am teaching. So long as there is Halloween there will be more material.
Thank you for this video series. I never did this as a kid and now my own kid wanted a very specific pumpkin head mask for Halloween (he's 3) and this series means he'll get to be what he wants to be and I'll have learned a new skill/craft!
You're very welcome :) If you're considering the project you may want to check out the Version 2 pumpkins which use a beach ball as the core. They are a bit easier to make.
You remind me a favorite English teacher of mine way back then - I can hear how intelligent you are. Really have enjoyed this tutorial - my result - not less than THREE pumpkins in the making now!
Your videos rock! I have seen some folks add a capful of Mr. Clean to the glue solution to keep it from turning sour & moldy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Excellent! Make sure to check out the opening scenes of the version 2 pumpkin that uses a beachball as its core. The stuffed bag is far inferior by comparison.
this is really cool, do i need an armature for the little pupkin? i was thinking of makeing a tree trunk vase for my roses; and using a balloon for a piggy bank. wasn't sure if i could just use an old time paper mache without adding joint compound or glue etc. the one i plan for outside with have cement!
The joint compound is really needed for the paper clay and the glue is a better adhesion base in the paste than just the normal bonds that form when the starches dehydrate. If you want the pumpkins to be hollow then they will have to have an armature. It can be done a bit easier though as this is an old series of mine. For greater simplicity I recommend this one: th-cam.com/video/ffP9XukGaoE/w-d-xo.html
You say in an previous answer that now you use beach ball instead of trash bag. Do you have video of those one? If not you use which size of beach ball and do you fully filled those with air or let some movement for doing the pumpkin shape. Thank you you're the best!!!
I do not have a video of the beach ball construction but the method is the same , just substituting a beach ball for the bag of paper. The size is just determined by how big you want the pumpkin to be. Big pumpkin, big ball; small pumpkin, small ball. I fill up the ball completely but you could experiment with different inflation rates. The main difference is that you don't cut a hole in the bottom. Rather you leave an open space around the inflation/deflation nub. I put the clay on but not around the face to make the carving easy, then you deflate the ball and just pull it out the hole on the bottom. Happy Pumpkining :)
Funnny...was watching and I was thinking I wonder how many and then your like..I would love to give ya a exact figure...was like DOPPPE... not asking now
Love this! and I subscribed. Somewhere online I found a post by a woman in England ( rain central) about her experiment with sealants. She made several yard gnomes. - creepy. She coated each with a different product and took pics over 3 years outside of their durability. Marine varnish won by landslide.
Yep. That's what I use too after I watched that same video. The only trouble I have with it is that it's hard to get into the internal cracks. I've been experimenting with a beach ball form to get a smoother inside for sealing.
Oh - one more thing - my excess plastic bag is standing up and has been taped to stay that way - do you do this? Or do you do away with this excess while modelling and papering and make your stem once your done with the pumpkin body?
Hi - how's my favorite crafter? Anyway I did my form and reinforced with lots of masking tape along my ridges - good right? Now I want to add to the top which came a little bit flat with more paper and tape and build it up - have you done this and will it interfer with your process? Have fun.
+Joanne Gennarella I'm doing well and trying to resolve the moral dilemma of 'selling out' to professional tool making companies vs. my commitment to the impoverished home haunter (It will become obvious in my next video). Addimg more paper and tape is fine. You can stuff almost anything under your mache strips to make an area more shaped to your liking with no problem at all.
Hey. Working on my 4th pupmkin now. Did one with arms and a witch hat. Sculpting a fat bat to go on his witch hat Also sculpted a lollipop to go in one hand and doing a sign for the other hand....
Oh for sure. Cant remember how to put pics on here again. I would. Just got the bat sculpted and wrapped in that skin paper step...Made his wings as if he was flying. Going to put him on the witch hat..
@@davidwoodward413 Pictures can't be uploaded to youtube. They can be uploaded to google drive and a link can be posted. They can also be added to the /unhallowedhaunt facebook page
I love you videos, thanks so much for sharing them! Im gonna try and make one of your pumpkins for my Halloween party here in Sweden. Im am learning and laughing at the same time - brilliant!! =)
Wish I'd have watched this FIRST!!! Just made a huge trash bag pumpkin & I've got a stack of cut papers for another one. As soon as you said tear it, I knew what you were getting at. Drat.
Don't sweat it. Use your cut paper. If you cover the whole thing with clay like I do it's not as much of a problem. The cut paper is only really noticeable when you have non-clayed sections.
I can't find the rest of your vids. I think it stopped at 5. You had just cut the face out. I'm definitely going to use your recipe next time. If I don't plan on carving, can I just leave the stuffing inside? I used salt, btw...hoping I don't get mold. And thanx for replying!
@@Drachenfang Same here! My daughter and I do a different theme each year and we are doing pumpkin king this year. I absolutely love your video and your art work. So happy you did these videos!
You can but the glaze on the magazine pieces will make it not stick as well as newspaper. The paste will also have a harder time soaking in. I would try a small test project first with both materials and see which one you like better. Sorry about the delay. I take a bit of hiatus after Halloween every year.
Me again. My pumpkins have come out smooshy & a bit flat. Which is cool for some, but I want ROUND on a few. Any tips for that?? More stuffing, less?? Right now, I'm using shredded office paper as fill. TIA
I have moved to using a beach ball as an internal form. It holds up quite well and gives and nice rigid internal form. Just leave yourself round area at the inflation dimple so you can deflate it and pull the beachball out. If you want to use the bags though then stuff them more full so they cannot collapse as the internal stuffing settles.
OK, I will try more stuffing for now. Then try a beach ball next. I tried balloons first but for the life of me, I couldn't get it right. =/ Thank you so much for your vids and responses to my many questions!
No problem at all. I love helping people with the projects they base on my videos. Balloons are tough. They lose air too quickly. Happy pumpkining and feel free to ask more any time. :)
Drachenfang: where is Stolloween - can't find him. In the meanwhile I am making a pumpkin creature but now I require a knife that will go directly through his head, well not through - you know what I mean - do you have a tutorial for this?
Thank you :) I'm on a fixed income, but I will buy 1or2, ingredients a wk. You remind me of my brother-in-law (passed) so much. He had a high I. Q. Bless you teaching me so complete. Thank you Vickey f: WV
thanks for your awesome videos. Using solely your tutorials, i tried my first form last night. It looks like total hell but like you say it'll get better, so i'll keep layering. Also I think my strips may be too wide. They won't lay flat over the curve of the pumpkin side so i end up with creases. i think smaller width strips wouldn't do that so that's my next step. I'm tempted to throw this one out but I, too, am a "thrifty bastard". thanks again!
No prob. :) Yeah the first one will always have bugs in the making process. Just enjoy playing with it. You'll have a lot of fun when you hit the paper clay phase.
Ok, well nice talent you have bud, im trying to make a 10' pole with pumpkins stack on top of each other then run LED's into the pumpkins and you j7st make the perfect ones....nice job making those pumpkins..
Thanks much. Sadly the time investment into each pumpkin would mean that charging a living wage price for them would make them ridiculously priced. A guy who does similar art professionally is Scott Stoll. His website can be found if you search 'Stolloween' . He might be better able to help you out :)
Awesome crafter thanks for your very informtive videos im working my self on some paper mache projects.. pumpkins.....1 spider and looking to make a face hugger from aliens
It can also be done even easier with a beach ball and adding some ridges to the outside of the final sphere that makes with some crumpled newspaper and tape.
I have seen people do it before with these materials. You can make a small spooky tree or a tall or short spooky stump with a face. I would reccomend that you build the tree out of a wire frame or a huge styrofoam mass and then start layering your mache on it. Search youtube for a guy named Gary Fay. He does some amazing wood effects though he doesn't really do detailed tutorials. Make sure that when you start construction you have a look to how you're gonna get the thing out of the room you build it in. Think about storage and think about if you want it to be able to break down into parts. If you use a lot of paper clay it's gonna be HEAVY. I would really consider a more styrofoam based texturing system with a paper clay face section rather than do the whole thing out of mache.
You're awesome man. I wish we were neighbors. Thank you for posting your tutorials. Also I dig your sense of humor. Keep doing what you do! You've helped me immensely!!!
Glad to have helped. :) You can bet I will be rolling out more stuff in the future.
My favourite parts of your videos are all the technical terminologies you teach us. Smush being one sterling example. I know this was done forever ago but, please keep up the amazing work. You're a Gem
I make new videos every summer. During the main school year I don't get much time to craft since I am teaching. So long as there is Halloween there will be more material.
Thank you for this video series. I never did this as a kid and now my own kid wanted a very specific pumpkin head mask for Halloween (he's 3) and this series means he'll get to be what he wants to be and I'll have learned a new skill/craft!
Just have to say how much I enjoy your videos. Thanks so much for having gone to the trouble of sharing your knowledge and fabulous humor.
You're very welcome :) If you're considering the project you may want to check out the Version 2 pumpkins which use a beach ball as the core. They are a bit easier to make.
Only watching this video now, I can't wait to try some of your creations!!! Great tutorial and I have subscribed 😁
Awesome. I hope to have at least one new video out before October with updates to the method.
Love the videos! Love the sense of humor and presentation. And I love learning new techniques. Thank you!
You're very welcome :)
You remind me a favorite English teacher of mine way back then - I can hear how intelligent you are. Really have enjoyed this tutorial - my result - not less than THREE pumpkins in the making now!
+Joanne Gennarella Thanks. I try to be understandable. Very glad to hear that your pumpkin family is growing :)
I've probably watched this series over 5 times and I haven't made a pumpkin yet... This is the year...
Fantastic. It'll be great fun. :)
You are just amazing and have a great personality
Thanks for this video !
Your videos rock! I have seen some folks add a capful of Mr. Clean to the glue solution to keep it from turning sour & moldy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
this voice is the voice of legend
Meanwhile... at the Hall of Justice. :)
I love your personality!
Thanks much. Glad you're enjoying the videos :)
Starting mine now this year i am curious how it will turn out can't wait 😊
Excellent! Make sure to check out the opening scenes of the version 2 pumpkin that uses a beachball as its core. The stuffed bag is far inferior by comparison.
Great video, you make it all seem so simple and loads of fun.
+Alissafy Thanks. I have a lot of fun doing these :)
i really love your style of teaching. you seem like a lovely person thankyou for posting and sharing your creativity :)
+Shivon Allen Thanks very much. Glad you found it fun :)
This is interesting! Can't wait to see the finished product. You are def talented.
If you want to see the final project just skip ahead to the last video in the series. It's delightfully spooky ;)
Other people I have seen use a beach ball.
this is really cool, do i need an armature for the little pupkin? i was thinking of makeing a tree trunk vase for my roses; and using a balloon for a piggy bank. wasn't sure if i could just use an old time paper mache without adding joint compound or glue etc. the one i plan for outside with have cement!
The joint compound is really needed for the paper clay and the glue is a better adhesion base in the paste than just the normal bonds that form when the starches dehydrate. If you want the pumpkins to be hollow then they will have to have an armature. It can be done a bit easier though as this is an old series of mine. For greater simplicity I recommend this one: th-cam.com/video/ffP9XukGaoE/w-d-xo.html
You say in an previous answer that now you use beach ball instead of trash bag. Do you have video of those one? If not you use which size of beach ball and do you fully filled those with air or let some movement for doing the pumpkin shape. Thank you you're the best!!!
I do not have a video of the beach ball construction but the method is the same , just substituting a beach ball for the bag of paper. The size is just determined by how big you want the pumpkin to be. Big pumpkin, big ball; small pumpkin, small ball. I fill up the ball completely but you could experiment with different inflation rates. The main difference is that you don't cut a hole in the bottom. Rather you leave an open space around the inflation/deflation nub. I put the clay on but not around the face to make the carving easy, then you deflate the ball and just pull it out the hole on the bottom. Happy Pumpkining :)
thanks for your answer. It will probably save some time with that method. Thank you
Funnny...was watching and I was thinking I wonder how many and then your like..I would love to give ya a exact figure...was like DOPPPE... not asking now
Love this! and I subscribed. Somewhere online I found a post by a woman in England ( rain central) about her experiment with sealants. She made several yard gnomes. - creepy. She coated each with a different product and took pics over 3 years outside of their durability. Marine varnish won by landslide.
Yep. That's what I use too after I watched that same video. The only trouble I have with it is that it's hard to get into the internal cracks. I've been experimenting with a beach ball form to get a smoother inside for sealing.
Oh - one more thing - my excess plastic bag is standing up and has been taped to stay that way - do you do this? Or do you do away with this excess while modelling and papering and make your stem once your done with the pumpkin body?
Thank you enjoying watching your work very useful and informative.
I'm glad you're enjoying :)
Hi there Thanks for appealing to my English ear
You have a marvellous sense of humour
British humor is my favorite :)
October 1 2021 super excited to try making theses ! Awesome vids
Excellent! Best wishes on your pumpkin quest! :)
Hi - how's my favorite crafter? Anyway I did my form and reinforced with lots of masking tape along my ridges - good right? Now I want to add to the top which came a little bit flat with more paper and tape and build it up - have you done this and will it interfer with your process? Have fun.
+Joanne Gennarella I'm doing well and trying to resolve the moral dilemma of 'selling out' to professional tool making companies vs. my commitment to the impoverished home haunter (It will become obvious in my next video). Addimg more paper and tape is fine. You can stuff almost anything under your mache strips to make an area more shaped to your liking with no problem at all.
Modifying this amazing technique to make a lighter pumpkin head mask for halloween!!
Thanks for the tutorial. Can't wait to start :)
Glad you enjoyed it. It's a fun project.
Awesome Project
Thanks
Hey. Working on my 4th pupmkin now. Did one with arms and a witch hat. Sculpting a fat bat to go on his witch hat
Also sculpted a lollipop to go in one hand and doing a sign for the other hand....
Fantastic. It's great to be swept up in the Fall and crafting mood :)
Oh for sure. Cant remember how to put pics on here again. I would. Just got the bat sculpted and wrapped in that skin paper step...Made his wings as if he was flying. Going to put him on the witch hat..
@@davidwoodward413 Pictures can't be uploaded to youtube. They can be uploaded to google drive and a link can be posted. They can also be added to the /unhallowedhaunt facebook page
you remind me of this staff at my school. he is really nice and funny
+Lucy Nguyen That's why I got into teaching :)
I love you videos, thanks so much for sharing them! Im gonna try and make one of your pumpkins for my Halloween party here in Sweden. Im am learning and laughing at the same time - brilliant!! =)
Glad you're enjoying them. Send me a picture if you end up making your own :)
Drachenfang
Definitely, will do so! =)
Love the video's Drachenfang!
You could you use the smooth edges for paper clay.
You are absolutely hilarious thank you for a brilliant video. Informative and so funny. Thank you!! From Manchester, England
Thanks very much :) I'm glad you found it useful.
What's the bite radius?
Wish I'd have watched this FIRST!!! Just made a huge trash bag pumpkin & I've got a stack of cut papers for another one. As soon as you said tear it, I knew what you were getting at. Drat.
Don't sweat it. Use your cut paper. If you cover the whole thing with clay like I do it's not as much of a problem. The cut paper is only really noticeable when you have non-clayed sections.
I can't find the rest of your vids. I think it stopped at 5. You had just cut the face out. I'm definitely going to use your recipe next time. If I don't plan on carving, can I just leave the stuffing inside? I used salt, btw...hoping I don't get mold. And thanx for replying!
Here is playlist: th-cam.com/video/aXo-t37QP6c/w-d-xo.html And Yes if you don't plan on carving you can leave the stuffing right in there. :)
Found them, stayed up way too late, dragging this morning!! Thanks!
You have inspired me.
Thank you for sharing 🖤🧡🖤
And thank you for watching. :)
Thank you
You're very welcome :)
Paper shredder?
Awesome!!! I can see you enjoy Halloween spooky as much as I do!!!
I love everything about it. From the nice temperatures, to the lovely leaves, to the spooky nights :)
@@Drachenfang Same here! My daughter and I do a different theme each year and we are doing pumpkin king this year. I absolutely love your video and your art work. So happy you did these videos!
Nice. Pumpkin King should be a lot of fun :) Check out the Wytch bottles if you get a chance.
@@Drachenfang Totally will! Gonna check out all your videos. :)
hi can you use magazine strips instead of newspaper strips as I have loads of old magazine's and not so much newspaper
You can but the glaze on the magazine pieces will make it not stick as well as newspaper. The paste will also have a harder time soaking in. I would try a small test project first with both materials and see which one you like better. Sorry about the delay. I take a bit of hiatus after Halloween every year.
:D I love this!! I hope you make many, many more tutorials! I don't think I've ever been so entertained... :D :D
Glad to hear. :) This summer has been going a little slow in terms of projects regrettably.
You are awesome!!! thank you!
Me again. My pumpkins have come out smooshy & a bit flat. Which is cool for some, but I want ROUND on a few. Any tips for that?? More stuffing, less?? Right now, I'm using shredded office paper as fill. TIA
I have moved to using a beach ball as an internal form. It holds up quite well and gives and nice rigid internal form. Just leave yourself round area at the inflation dimple so you can deflate it and pull the beachball out. If you want to use the bags though then stuff them more full so they cannot collapse as the internal stuffing settles.
OK, I will try more stuffing for now. Then try a beach ball next. I tried balloons first but for the life of me, I couldn't get it right. =/ Thank you so much for your vids and responses to my many questions!
No problem at all. I love helping people with the projects they base on my videos. Balloons are tough. They lose air too quickly. Happy pumpkining and feel free to ask more any time. :)
can we use scissors and how do u do tht straight cutting on newspaper
+Hamza Chaudary You can use scissors if you choose. I just like the smooth facing that a tear gives you rather than a raised ridge of a scissor cut.
Drachenfang: where is Stolloween - can't find him. In the meanwhile I am making a pumpkin creature but now I require a knife that will go directly through his head, well not through - you know what I mean - do you have a tutorial for this?
Stolloween is here: www.stolloween.com/ . I use a dremel to carve through the paper. Knives require a ton of effort.
I just subscribed to you. You explain thgs., and I comprehend it so well.
Thank you. My motto go big or go home :)
Thx a lot Vickey f/ WV
+Vickey Wilson Glad to see the videos were helpful to you :)
Thank you :) I'm on a fixed income, but I will buy 1or2, ingredients a wk. You remind me of my brother-in-law (passed) so much. He had a high I. Q.
Bless you teaching me so complete.
Thank you Vickey f: WV
dude thanks- and you are hilarious!
I dont know where YOU came FROM, but i SUBSCRIBED about 1/2 thru the First vid.
I wish you were single!
:) Glad you are enjoying the videos. Been single a loooong time. :P
is that a 13 gallon trash bag? You mentioned it being a 40 gallon but i'm guessing it's standard trash can bag. can you confirm?
Yes it is a standard trash bag. Really the bag size is variable. If you want a bigger/smaller pumpkin you just adjust the size of the bag. :)
thanks for your awesome videos. Using solely your tutorials, i tried my first form last night. It looks like total hell but like you say it'll get better, so i'll keep layering. Also I think my strips may be too wide. They won't lay flat over the curve of the pumpkin side so i end up with creases. i think smaller width strips wouldn't do that so that's my next step. I'm tempted to throw this one out but I, too, am a "thrifty bastard". thanks again!
No prob. :) Yeah the first one will always have bugs in the making process. Just enjoy playing with it. You'll have a lot of fun when you hit the paper clay phase.
Hi again,it’s time for pumpkins 🎃
Yes indeed. Tis' pumpkin season :)
"Give it a lil squish" lmao
do you have any for sale?
I do not sell them
Hey bud do you sell them
I do not. I just teach how to make them. Some people I have shown sell theirs though unfortunately I don't have any links to them.
Ok, well nice talent you have bud, im trying to make a 10' pole with pumpkins stack on top of each other then run LED's into the pumpkins and you j7st make the perfect ones....nice job making those pumpkins..
Thanks much. Sadly the time investment into each pumpkin would mean that charging a living wage price for them would make them ridiculously priced. A guy who does similar art professionally is Scott Stoll. His website can be found if you search 'Stolloween' . He might be better able to help you out :)
This is amazing, thank you :)
Glad you enjoyed :)
Hahaha-thrifty bastard! Love your sense of humor!
Awesome crafter thanks for your very informtive videos im working my self on some paper mache projects.. pumpkins.....1 spider and looking to make a face hugger from aliens
+bronxturtle2 Excellent. I hope your projects come out great :)
Thr looking good thanks drachenfang
when you said moist, I choked! lol
couldn't you use tape instead of rope?
Yeah you probably could. I like the rope better for leverage and I can readjust it far more easily than tape if I don't like it.
The way you make the basic shape of the Pumpkin... You are a fucking genius!!! :D
It can also be done even easier with a beach ball and adding some ridges to the outside of the final sphere that makes with some crumpled newspaper and tape.
That is a very good idea too! Thanks!
I really Like yoy!
:) Glad you're enjoying the videos
Say if I wanted to make a tree.... A spooky tree with a face...?
I have seen people do it before with these materials. You can make a small spooky tree or a tall or short spooky stump with a face. I would reccomend that you build the tree out of a wire frame or a huge styrofoam mass and then start layering your mache on it. Search youtube for a guy named Gary Fay. He does some amazing wood effects though he doesn't really do detailed tutorials. Make sure that when you start construction you have a look to how you're gonna get the thing out of the room you build it in. Think about storage and think about if you want it to be able to break down into parts. If you use a lot of paper clay it's gonna be HEAVY. I would really consider a more styrofoam based texturing system with a paper clay face section rather than do the whole thing out of mache.
i blow up a balloon for the mold, he uses a bag full of trash ...weird
drachenfang does it right